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- Ototoxicity is the property of being toxic to the ear (oto-), specifically the cochlea or auditory nerve and sometimes the vestibular system, for example...
- or pharmaceutical agents inducing ototoxicity are regarded as ototoxic medications. There is a wide range of ototoxic medications, for example, antibiotics...
- so thiamine supplementation is also suggested. Furosemide is a known ototoxic agent generally causing transient hearing loss but can be permanent. Reported...
- occurs as a result of occupational hazards, such as excessive noise and ototoxic chemicals. Noise is a common workplace hazard, and recognized as the risk...
- individual. There are both external causes of damage, including infection, and ototoxic drugs, as well as intrinsic causes, including genetic mutations. A common...
- avoiding chronic or extended exposure to loud noise, and limiting exposure to ototoxic drugs and substances. If there is an underlying cause, treating that cause...
- and psychosis. Like other aminoglycosides, neomycin has been shown to be ototoxic, causing tinnitus, hearing loss, and vestibular problems in a small number...
- hearing loss in up to 64% of infants born to alcoholic mothers, from the ototoxic effect on the developing fetus plus malnutrition during pregnancy from...
- umbilical cord) by 50% and neonatal mortality by 12%. Chlorhexidine is ototoxic (toxic to the inner ear). If put into a ruptured ear canal it may lead...
- to damage from exposure to trauma from overly-loud sounds or to certain ototoxic drugs. Once outer hair cells are damaged, they do not regenerate, and the...